Archive for the 'Elite' Category
Statements by James Blackheath, House of Lords, 16 February 2012
February 18th, 2012Also see: Did Somebody Just Try to Buy the British Government? Record $6 Trillion of Fake U.S. Bonds Seized in Mafia Probe Via: Lords Hansard: 16 Feb 2012 : Column 1016 5.20 pm Lord James of Blackheath: My Lords, I hope the minute that that has taken has not come off my time. I do […]
The Pentagon’s $51 Billion ‘Black’ Budget
February 16th, 2012If you find this Wired piece interesting, definitely check out, Blank Spots on the Map: The Dark Geography of the Pentagon’s Secret World by Trevor Paglen. As an outsider, Paglen has no access to the black world, but he sort of feels around the edges of it and you really start to get a sense […]
Citigroup Whistle-Blower Describes Mortgage Scams
February 16th, 2012Via: Bloomberg: Four years after rotten mortgages helped trigger a global financial crisis, Sherry Hunt said her Citigroup Inc. quality-control team was still finding flaws in new loans that included altered tax forms, straw buyers and borrowers who listed fictitious employers. Instead of reporting the defects to the Federal Housing Administration, the bank saddled the […]
China Plays Major Role in Financing Latin America; Pockets Premiums
February 16th, 2012Meet the new boss… Via: Financial Times: Chinese state banks have lent more than $75bn to Latin America since 2005, and in 2010 gave more than the World Bank, Inter-American Development Bank and US Ex-Im Bank combined, according to a report which highlights China’s growing financial heft in the region. “On the positive side, it […]
Steve Jobs Had Top Secret Security Clearance Between from 1988 to 1990
February 14th, 2012Via: Z6Mag: A Top Secret Security Clearance was brought up in Steve Job’s FBI report detailing when it was and when it was terminated. The top secret clearance for Mr. Jobs started in 1988 and was canceled in 1990. Steve Jobs was working at Pixar in the same time as the top secret clearance and […]
After Two Year Federal Undercover Investigation, Judge Stops Amish Farmer’s Sale of Raw Milk to Maryland
February 14th, 2012Via: Lancaster Online: A federal District Court judge has ordered a Kinzers farmer to stop selling raw milk to customers in Maryland. Judge Lawrence Stengel issued a permanent injunction Feb. 2 barring Amish dairyman Daniel Allgyer from sending the unpasteurized beverage across state lines to Grassfed on The Hill, a Washington, D.C.-area buying club. The […]
And Now… Obama Campaign Launches ‘Truth Teams’
February 13th, 2012The simple fact is that progressives are supporting a candidate for President who has done all of that — things liberalism has long held to be pernicious. I know it’s annoying and miserable to hear. Progressives like to think of themselves as the faction that stands for peace, opposes wars, believes in due process and […]
Greek Lawmakers Approve Austerity Bill as Athens Burns
February 13th, 2012Via: Reuters: The Greek parliament approved a deeply unpopular austerity bill to secure a second EU/IMF bailout and avoid national bankruptcy, as buildings burned across central Athens and violence spread around the country. Cinemas, cafes, shops and banks were set ablaze in central Athens as black-masked protesters fought riot police outside parliament. State television reported […]
Cardinal Dies One Day After Judge Said He Could Be Called to Testify in Child Sex-Abuse and Endangerment Trial of Three Current and Former Priests
February 11th, 2012Via: Philadelphia Enquirer: Montgomery County District Attorney Risa Vetri Ferman asked the county coroner to examine the body of Cardinal Anthony J. Bevilacqua last week because the timing of the 88-year-old prelate’s death struck her as “peculiar,” she said Friday. Ferman acknowledged that she enlisted county Coroner Walter I. Hofman because the cardinal died one […]
China: Cans of New Zealand Made Infant Formula Sell for NZ$92 in Shanghai
February 11th, 2012One guess as to the nationality of “offshore buyers” of the land mentioned below… Via: New Zealand Farmers Weekly: Canterbury dairy producer and processor Synlait is negotiating to sell up to 70% of its holding in Synlait Farms, with potential for the near 5000 hectares of prime irrigated Canterbury dairy farmland to be sold to […]
